Shadows of Redact (Legends of Gilia Book 11) by RG Long

Author:RG Long [Long, RG]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: epic fantasy
Publisher: Retrovert Books
Published: 2019-04-30T00:00:00+00:00

29: What Is Known

Silverwolf grumbled as she walked along behind the Skrilx who had apprehended her. She really did not like being snuck up on by these creatures. She fancied herself an artist when it came to being undetected.

These Skrilx, however, could move without turning a blade of grass.

The path they walked on was not discernible from the rest of the forest floor. She could hardly see tracks on the ground except for where the trees did not grow. She wanted to think that she could have found this path on her own and made her way to the encampment without their guidance, but as someone who was an expert in her field, she knew skill when she saw it.

These creatures did not speak to one another as they moved through the forest. Every now and then they would put up their hands in a signal to communicate instead. Though she tried to study it, she had not yet discerned the signals so far. She had taught Blume a series of these of her own invention once, but the different hand of a Skrilx made it very hard to discern between signs.

There was only one thing left to do.

“Is this where your kind of came from?” she asked.

The silence has been so complete around them that the Skrilx in front of her bristled the hair on his back at the sound of her voice.

“Are your kind always so loud?” he said with a gravely tone.

“Surely you’ve seen humans before?” Silverwolf asked.

The brown furred cat in front of her shook his head and continued forward.

“The wars were before my time. The only home I’ve ever known is this island exile.”

“What’s with you all and this exile business?” Silverwolf asked again. “The other cats we met to the north were exiled to another island. Did you kick them out or did they kick you out?”

“Silence,” a gray-haired Skrilx at the front of the group said without turning to face them.

Silverwolf shrugged her shoulders. If there was nothing else she could do, she would at least try to annoy her captors. It brought her a subtle satisfaction.

The Skrilx all began to walk with more purpose and less stealth as they went deeper into the jungle forest. Silverwolf decided that she had long ago given up trying to keep track of where they were. They had taken so many twists and turns that she was unable to gauge which way was north in such dense foliage. The suns were lost to her above the leaves.

Even the moss around the base of the trees seemed to grow in all different directions, not helping her determine where she was.

It wasn’t long before she saw familiar looking structures poking out from the trees. The same kind of houses that the other Skrilx had lived in were dotting the trees now. The only difference was the amount of them.

While there had been only a handful at the previous island, these dwellings seem to go on for as long as she could see.

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